Recruiter

Job Title: Full Cycle Recruiter

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Full Cycle Recruiter to lead end-to-end hiring efforts across a rapidly growing organization. In this role, you independently manage searches from requisition kickoff through offer acceptance, partnering closely with talent and business leaders to design and execute effective hiring strategies. You will own sourcing, candidate assessment, and the overall candidate experience while leveraging emerging technologies and AI tools to drive efficiency and quality. This on-site position, based in Austin, TX, offers significant autonomy, the opportunity to influence recruiting processes, and the chance to contribute to the growth of a high-performing talent acquisition function.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned requisitions from intake through offer acceptance, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery on hiring needs.
• Partner with recruiting leadership to establish hiring strategies, success profiles, and search priorities for each role.
• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies, including market and company mapping, outreach campaigns, and proactive candidate engagement plans.
• Monitor market response and pipeline health, adjusting sourcing and recruiting approaches as needed to achieve hiring goals.
• Maintain accurate documentation, recruiting metrics, and process compliance, ensuring data integrity within the applicant tracking system.
• Independently source, attract, and engage both passive and active candidates through multiple channels and platforms.
• Conduct comprehensive candidate screenings to evaluate experience, qualifications, motivations, and overall role and culture fit.
• Create clear and concise candidate summaries, interview evaluations, and hiring recommendations for stakeholders.
• Present candidate insights, market trends, and search feedback to recruiting leadership and hiring teams to inform decision-making.
• Manage candidate communications and engagement throughout the full hiring lifecycle, from initial outreach through offer and onboarding handoff.
• Ensure a positive, professional, and consistent candidate experience at every stage of the process.
• Gather, synthesize, and communicate candidate and market feedback to key stakeholders to refine search strategies and expectations.
• Coordinate closely with hiring managers, leadership teams, and compensation partners throughout the offer process to align on terms and close candidates.
• Utilize AI-enabled tools and modern recruiting technologies to improve efficiency in sourcing, screening, candidate research, scheduling, and reporting.
• Collaborate with recruiting team members on shared searches, talent pipelines, and broader talent initiatives.
• Contribute ideas, feedback, and best practices that enhance recruiting effectiveness, process consistency, and candidate outcomes.
• Support recruiting efforts for technical and specialized roles such as engineering, software, robotics, skilled trades, and construction/AEC.
• Own stakeholder relationships for assigned roles from opportunity generation through hire, ensuring alignment and clear communication.

Essential Skills

• 3–4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in an in-house, agency, or executive search environment, including independent ownership of requisitions from sourcing through offer.
• Demonstrated ability to source passive candidates self-sufficiently without dedicated sourcing support.
• Strong candidate assessment skills with a proven track record of presenting calibrated candidate slates supported by clear rationale.
• Proficiency with an applicant tracking system and modern sourcing platforms.
• Experience recruiting for technical or specialized roles such as engineering, software, robotics, skilled trades, or construction/AEC.
• Experience owning stakeholder relationships and opportunities from generation to hire.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent requisitions while maintaining high quality and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with hiring managers and leadership.
• Comfort working in a high-growth, fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with search-firm or executive-search training, particularly recruiting for technical or specialized roles such as engineering, software, robotics, skilled trades, or construction/AEC.
• Hands-on experience using AI recruiting tools for screening, scorecards, and scheduling.
• Experience operating within a structured recruiting playbook or Center of Excellence model.
• Experience recruiting in high-growth startup environments.
• Experience in manufacturing or production engineering recruiting, ideally within a startup context.
• Familiarity with recruiting in manufacturing, engineering, building technology, and automation environments.
• Desire for long-term growth, including potential conversion to a full-time role.
• Ability to contribute to the evolution of recruiting processes and tools in a scaling organization.

Work Environment

This role is 100% on-site in Austin, TX, with work performed in the office five days a week. You will join a growing technical recruiting team that currently consists of four team members and is expected to expand to eight, including two leaders and six recruiting/sourcing professionals. The environment is fast-paced and growth-oriented, with exposure to a dynamic building technology and manufacturing-focused business. You will typically own 2–3 roles at a time and collaborate closely with hiring managers and interview panels. The team leverages modern recruiting technologies and AI-enabled tools, operates with a structured approach to searches, and emphasizes collaboration, continuous improvement, and a high-quality candidate experience.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Austin, TX.

The pay range for this position is $45.00 - $58.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Austin,TX.

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 26, 2026.

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [email protected] for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.